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good morning etc,
An interesting siting from Townsville district [I'd better put
in that Townsville is in Queensland - north Queensland to be more specific].
Yellow White-eyes were recorded in mangroves near the mouth of Berratta [check
spelling] Creek. The creek is between the towns of Ayr and Giru [both in
Queensland].
The species was seen twice- once in a small flock of
four quite near the river mouth and again about six kilometres away up
stream again in mangroves.
The field guides all identify this isolated colony on the east
coast of Australia but the birds are rarely observed possibly because of
comparative difficulty of access. Anyway it might be nice to know that one
doesn't need to go all the way to Karumba [also in QLD] to have a chance to see
this species if you have access to a boat!
regards,
Ken Cross
PS - a Pied Heron was also seen at the same site - a not too
common species for this area.
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